Buckle.



M. RUBIN.

BUCKLE.

APPLIGATIQN FILED MAR. 14, 1912.

latented June 17, 1913.

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MAX RUBIN, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 17,1913.

. Application filed March 14,1912'. Serial No. 683,733;

T 0 all whom it may concern Be itknown that L'Max RUBIN, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of East @range, in the county of Essexand State of 5-New Jersey, have invented certain new-and usefulImprovements inBuckles, of which the following is'a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful,

improvements in buckles and particularly webbing, as in suspendersandthe like, and in. which the webbing is interposed between the back ofthe buckle and the garments of the wearer. v

The'objectof' my invention isto provide .a new and improved buckle .of'this kind, which is simple in construction, is not ex pensive and isstrong and durable-and reliable.

In the accompanying; drawingsin which like letters. of referenceindicate like-parts in all the -figl l1'6SI Figure 1 is a-verticaltransverse sectional view of one embodiment 'of' mynewv and improvedbuckle, closed. Fig. 2 is a perspective view'- of the body 'plate of thesame. I ig. 3 is a perspective View of the web clamping shoulder plate.4 is a perspective View of the main locking plate. 30 I In describing mybuckle I will assume that the same is in the'position which it has whenused-on suspenders and by top edge of the main plate I will indicatetheupper edge of the front. The front face is the .35

one which faces out-ward and the back is the face which is adjacentto-the-body of the distance from-the bottom to the top of the' ings andthe holes 5 near the tops of the extensions 3.

ing plate 6 is preferably provided in its clamping edge with teeth 7 andat each end is provided atthe angle with a pivot pin 8, which pins 8 arepassed. into the holes 4, so as tween the wings'2 lengthwise of the mainto buckles of that kind that are used with A substantially rectangularlybent clamp-" to pivotally mountthe clamping plate 6 beplate 1 so thatthe toothed edge canbe swung toward and from the front of the plate 1and can clamp the end part'of a web introduced between the frontoftheplate 1 and;

the clamping plate 6 uponthe front of the extending lengthwise front ofthe same.

The .web locking of the plate on the plate 9 is bent rearward plate 1,at the same tinie forms a shoulder at its top to form the flange 10 fromwhich the flange 11 extends forward at an angle toward the rear surfaceof the. locking plate 9. The locking platet) has end pivots '12 whichare passedinto the holes 5 in the wing extensions 3 so thatthe locking"plate or lever 9 is pivotally mounted on the main plateor body plate 1at the top of the same and extends lengthwiseof said plate. It will beobserved that the rear edge of the.

flangelO, when the buckle is closed does not extend to theplane of thefront of the plate 1, but adjacent thereto.

The end part 13 of the web resting on the front of the p'latel isclamped by the clamping plate 6 when. the same is folded down. The web145 extends over the top edge of the plate 1, then downat the back orrear of plate 1 to form the cast-off loop 15 and then up over theclamping plate 6 and then upward to form the running web 16.

dYhen the locking plate orlever 9'is fold- .ed down over the front ofthe plate '1- the flange 11 presses on the front face of the 'bodyplate1 and-atthe same time the free edge of the flange 11 presses the runningweb against the shoulder 17 formed by the I clamping plate or lever 6and locks the samening web 16. is t-huslocked bythe locking [plate at. apoint auby holding the webbebelow the top edge of the plate 1. The runtween the free edge of the flange -11 and" theshouldei' 17; at a point 6by the pressure of the locking plate ,9 exerted'upon that v part of therunningweb resting on the top shoulder 17 and by'the pressure exerted bythe rear face of theflange 11 upon that part of the running web-infrontthe plate'1,- I

It will be observed that the locking plate 9 or its flanges 10 or 11 donot lock the run-f ning-web by pressing it against the upper.

as indicated by a.

of the clamping plate 6 adjacentto the edge of the main body plate 1,but against the frontsurface of the same beneath the upper. edge.

Having described my "invention' what I the body plate. a locking leverpivoted at.

the front of the body plate, which locking lever 18 provided at itsupper end with a rearwardly extending flange and an add1-.

tion'al flange on the free edge of said rear-- Wardly; extending flange,said additional flange extending toward the inner face of the lockinglever whereby when the locking lover is swung down toward the face ofthe body plate the free edge of the'additional flange on the lockinglever presses the fabric toward the surface of a shoulder formed by theflange of the clamping lcver substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a buckle body I plate having wings atlts'ends,which wings.

are substantially at right angles to the face of the body plate, anL-shaped clamping lever pivoted at the front of the body plate to form ashoulder extending lengthwise 0f the body plate belowthe upper edgeof'the body plate, part of said l..-shaped clamping lever forming ahandle llever extending tow: rd the bottom edge of the body plate, alocking lever pivoted at the front of the body plate above the pivotalconnection between the clamping lever and the body plate which lockinglever also extends in downward direction and is provided at its upperend with a flange extending toward the face of the body plate, a webhaving its end part resting against the front surface of the body plate,passed over the upper edge of the body plate then downward to form aloop, then over the clamping lever and then up beyond the upper edge ofthe body plate the end part of'the web resting on the outer surface ofthe body plate being clamped y said clamping lever; substantially assetforth.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, this 15th day of February, D, 1912.

MAX RUBIN.

